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Guidance and Counseling

Notes (iv) Making adequate space available for guidance workers.
(v) Allowing field worker to undertake follow-up studies.
(vi) Offering placement services.
(vii) Making provision for individual and group guidance programmes.
(viii) Seeking cooperation from similar organisations.
(ix) Making adequate supply of materials.
(x) Responsiveness to guidance programme.
4. General Public-Centred Principles
(i) Mobilizing public opinion.
(ii) Making public conscious of the careers of young members of the society.
(iii) Cooperation to the guidance workers.
(iv) Identifying their needs by the people and bringing these to the notice of the guidance
personnel.
(v) Appreciation and constructive criticism of the work of the guidance personnel by the
public.

6.10 Need of Vocational Guidance

When more and more complexities put obstacles collectively in some other phenomenon, then
the exhibition of doubt is not in vain. It is also true for entry into the vocations. The complex
human personality, modern industrial complexity, complexity of educational subjects and
complexity of various vocations have made the vocational system so complicated that it has
become almost compulsory to seek the advice of experts to understand the nature of vocations,
selection of vocations and entry into the vocations. Without counseling the selection of vocations
may prove harmful and it has occurred too. Due to multiplicity of vocations and rapidly changing
conditions, the vocation must suit the person and the person must suit the vocation. It is not
enough. Counselling for entry into some vocation is not the end, but satisfactory and successful
adjustment in that vocation after entry into it is must. Hence, the need of vocational guidance is
not in limited sphere but it is needed comprehensively. There are some following causes which
throw light on the need of vocational guidance :
(1) Individual Differences : All the psychologists and scientists agree regarding individual
differences. According to a collective view, there are no two persons alike in this universe.
All differ from each other. These variations may concern with any individual or personal
and vocational or professional. Like the occurrence of variations in the vocations, variations
in the individuals also occur. It is almost decided that every person cannot do every type of
task. According to this principle, the abilities, capacities, interests, aptitudes etc. existing in
each person vary from man to man. In other words, every person differs from the other in
one or the other respect. Hence, without gathering the necessary facts about these individual
differences through different facts regarding individual differences, persons with some
specific characteristics these facts regarding individual diferences, persons with some specific
characteristics are required for each vocation. Hence, due to the availability of tests for
collecting the facts regarding the individual differences and also due to these individual
differences themselves, the need of vocational guidance cannot be denied.
(2) Variety of Vocations : At present, the vocational guidance is needed due to the multiplicity
of vocations. Such number of vocations never existed in earlier days. Due to very limited
number of vocations, people never faced difficulty in selecting then. Today, there is so
much increase in the number of vocations that the description of vocations has to be supplied
to the pupil before he leaves the school. Only then he gets enabled to select the vocation

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